{"id":86,"date":"2025-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=86"},"modified":"2025-04-01T20:12:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T20:12:30","slug":"the-cross-and-temptation-victory-in-the-desert-daily-readings-march-9-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/?p=86","title":{"rendered":"The Cross and Temptation: Victory in the Desert | Daily Readings | March 9, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lent\u2019s first Sunday\u2014March 9, 2025\u2014drops us in the deep end, and it\u2019s a fight worth watching. The First Sunday of Lent brings the heat: rescue, refuge, and a showdown with the devil. Ready to roll? Here\u2019s the lineup: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Reading (Deuteronomy 26:4-10): God delivers from Egypt to a land of plenty\u2014offer Him your all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psalm (Psalm 91): \u201cBe with me, Lord, when I am in trouble\u201d\u2014He\u2019s got your back, always. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second Reading (Romans 10:8-13): Believe, confess, saved\u2014no one\u2019s left out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gospel (Luke 4:1-13): Jesus beats temptation 40 days straight\u2014your turn to swing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our short reflection goes hard\u2014God\u2019s your strength, the desert\u2019s your test, victory\u2019s your call. Whether Lent\u2019s a grind or a grace, this one\u2019s for you. Hit play, and let\u2019s win this together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The Cross and Temptation: Victory in the Desert | Daily Readings | March 9, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K3pEiEzLoRc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lent\u2019s first Sunday\u2014March 9, 2025\u2014drops us in the deep end, and it\u2019s a fight worth watching. The First Sunday of Lent brings the heat: rescue, refuge, and a showdown with the devil. Ready to roll? Here\u2019s the lineup: First Reading (Deuteronomy 26:4-10): God delivers from Egypt to a land of plenty\u2014offer Him your all. Psalm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christus-dominus-bread-of-life","category-daily-readings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christusdominus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}